Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Week of October 1, 2010

Monday
Portfolio Prep: Complete Cubist Project.
Beginning Pottery: Continuation of clay rattles.
Beginning Photography: Roll Film.
Intro to Art: Continue to shade Shattered Image drawings.

Tuesday
Portfolio Prep: Complete Cubist Project
Beginning Pottery: Continuation of clay rattles.
Beginning Photography: Process film.
Intro to Art: Continue to shade Shattered Image drawings.

Wednesday
Portfolio Prep: Critique on Cubist Project
Beginning Pottery: Continuation of clay rattles.
Beginning Photography: Process film / darkroom intro.
Intro to Art: Continue to shade Shattered Image drawings.

Thursday
Portfolio Prep: Make corrections to the piece according to the outcome of the critique.
Beginning Pottery: Continuation of clay rattles.
Beginning Photography: Test strips/ contact sheets.
Intro to Art: Continue to shade Shattered Image drawings.

Friday
Portfolio Prep: Frame project & create lobby display.
Beginning Pottery: Continuation of clay rattles.
Beginning Photography: Test strips/ contact sheets. Handout Assignment #2.
Intro to Art: Continue to shade Shattered Image drawings.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Week of September 24, 2010

Monday
Portfolio Prep:Continue with Cubist Images
Intro to Art: Continue with shattered image shaded drawing.
Beginning Pottery: Continue with rattle & whistle creations.
Beginning Photography: Notes: The Darkroom/Equipment Needed/Chemicals Needed/Setting up the Chemicals/Loading the Film/The Developing Process

Tuesday
Portfolio Prep: Continue with Cubist Images
Intro to Art: Continue with shattered image shaded drawing.
Beginning Pottery: Continue with rattle & whistle creations.
Beginning Photography: Darkroom

Wednesday
Portfolio Prep: Continue with Cubist Images
Intro to Art: Continue with shattered image shaded drawing.
Beginning Pottery: Continue with rattle & whistle creations.
Beginning Photography: Darkroom - Film processing

Thursday
Portfolio Prep: Continue with Cubist Images
Intro to Art: Continue with shattered image shaded drawing.
Beginning Pottery: Continue with rattle & whistle creations.
Beginning Photography: Darkroom - Film processing

Friday
Portfolio Prep: Cubist Images due,
Intro to Art: Continue with shattered image shaded drawing.
Beginning Pottery: Continue with rattle & whistle creations.
Beginning Photography: Homework - Assignment 1

Friday, September 10, 2010

Week of September 18, 2010

Monday
Portfolio Prep: Continue shading Cubist Still Life
Intro to Art: Demo Shattered Value Study, discussion on cubism, demo contour line drawing
Beginning Photography: Review Test
Beginning Pottery: Continue forming rattles

Tuesday
Portfolio Prep:Continue shading Cubist Still Life
Intro to Art: Students are to select a subject and produce a large contour line drawing of that subject. Students are encouraged to focus on a single item such as a fish, a bird, an insect, etc.
Beginning Photography: Load film into cameras for exposure practice.
Beginning Pottery:Continue forming rattles

Wednesday
Portfolio Prep: Continue shading Cubist Still Life
Intro to Art: Continue to work on contour drawing.
Beginning Photography: Notes on film processing
Beginning Pottery: Continue forming rattles

Thursday
Portfolio Prep: Continue shading Cubist Still Life
Intro to Art: Students are to consider creative ways to develop their value study.
Beginning Photography: Notes on film processing
Beginning Pottery: Continue forming rattles

Friday
Portfolio Prep: Continue shading Cubist Still Life - assignment & sketchbooks due
Intro to Art: Students will proceed from shape to shape and decide which part will be the richest black and which part will be the lightest gray. The entire paper will be filled with values including both the positive shapes and the negative background shapes; sketchbook assignment due
Beginning Photography: video "On assignment: The Darkroom"
Beginning Pottery: Continue forming rattles

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Week of September 10, 2010

Monday
No School

Tuesday
Portfolio Prep: Continue working on Cubism project - fracture planes
Pottery: Video "Pinch Pot Construction"
Photography: Notes - History of Photography
Intro to Art: Shading geometric forms

Wednesday
Portfolio Prep: Continue working on Cubism project - trace a different part of the drawing into each fragmented plane
Pottery: Begin pinch pots
Photography: Review for test
Intro to Art: Shading geometric forms

Thursday
Portfolio Prep:Continue working on Cubism project - trace a different part of the drawing into each fragmented plane
Pottery: Continue pinch pots
Photography: Test 1 - 1st section
Intro to Art: Shading geometric forms

Friday
Portfolio Prep:Continue working on Cubism project - trace a different part of the drawing into each fragmented plane
Pottery: Continue pinch pots
Photography: Test 1 - 2nd section
Intro to Art: Shading geometric forms